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Make Your Mark! ACC professor takes time to allow students to vote together
Posted on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 2:08pmAustin Community College District (ACC) believes everyone should make their mark this election and provides access to nonpartisan information to Central Texans. One ACC professor made sure to allow time to make sure her students had access to make...
Make Your Mark: ACC provides support for November election
Posted on Fri, 09/09/2022 - 1:37pmAustin Community College District (ACC) provides support for Central Texans to make their mark in the upcoming November election. Important Dates: To cast a ballot in November, voters must register by Tuesday, October 11. Early voting begins Monday...
ACC Trustees Unanimously Approve 2022 Bond Election
Posted on Thu, 08/11/2022 - 6:35pmFunds to grow talent pipeline and expand in-demand programs The Austin Community College District (ACC) Board of Trustees (BOT) unanimously approved a $770 million general obligation bond for the November 2022 ballot. If voters approve the bond,...
ACC Board of Trustees seeks applicants to fill Place 5 vacancy
Posted on Wed, 02/23/2022 - 3:38pmThe Austin Community College District (ACC) Board of Trustees (BOT) is now accepting applications for its Place 5 seat. The board adopted a process to select the new Trustee during a special meeting Monday, February 21. “While 2022 continues to be...
Texas Gen Z, Millennial Voters Could Play Critical Role in 2020
Posted on Tue, 11/19/2019 - 9:38amSpectrum News: Texas Gen Z, Millennial Voters Could Play Critical Role in 2020 By Kathryn Gisi AustinPUBLISHED 6:42 PM CT Nov. 18, 2019 AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas has one of the youngest populations in the country, and despite typically dire...
The Student Vote Is Surging. So Are Efforts to Suppress It.
Posted on Fri, 10/25/2019 - 11:05amNew York Times: The Student Vote Is Surging. So Are Efforts to Suppress It. By Michael Wines Oct. 24, 2019, 5:00 a.m. ET AUSTIN, Texas — At Austin Community College, civics is an unwritten part of the curriculum — so much so that for years the...
ACC Study: Ending straight-ticket voting will lead to fatigue
Posted on Wed, 08/28/2019 - 8:43amAn analysis from the Austin Community College Center for Public Policy and Political Studies (CPPPS) indicates ending straight-ticket voting will lead to voter fatigue and “roll-off” in voting, especially among minorities and older voters. “Our...
ACC study reveals record levels of straight-ticket voting
Posted on Fri, 02/15/2019 - 1:46pmStraight-ticket voting reached a record level of 67.49 percent of ballots cast for the U.S. Senate candidates during the November 2018 general election, a more than six percentage point (pp) increase compared to the 2014 election. These findings...
ACC voters elect new trustee to Place 8 in run-off
Posted on Wed, 12/19/2018 - 2:46pmStephanie Gharakhanian won the December 11 run-off election for Place 8 on the Austin Community College District (ACC) Board of Trustees. "I am excited and ready to get to work,” says Gharakhanian. “I decided to run for this position because I...
Voters in sprawling ACC district to choose Place 8 trustee
Posted on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 1:57pmAustin-American Statesman: Voters in sprawling ACC district to choose Place 8 trustee By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz Posted Nov 30, 2018 at 1:26 PMUpdated Nov 30, 2018 at 7:01 PM Voters in parts of six Central Texas counties will decide in a runoff Dec...